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Hesiod

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Hesiod, the father of Greek didactic poetry, probably flourished during the 8th century BC. Hesiod's earliest poem, the famous Works and Days, and according to Boeotian testimony the only genuine one, embodies the experiences of his daily life and work, and, interwoven with episodes of fable, allegory, and personal history, forms a sort of Boeotian shepherd's calendar. The other poem attributed to Hesiod or his school which has come down in great part to modern times is The Theogony, a work of grander scope, inspired alike by older traditions and abundant local associations. It is an attempt to work into system, as none had essayed to do before, the floating legends of the gods and goddesses and their offspring.

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	Theogony / Works and Days 3.76 avg rating — 13,500 ratings — published -700 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theogony 3.72 avg rating — 4,952 ratings — published -700 — 215 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works and Days / Theogony / The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod, Richmond Lattimore (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 3,248 ratings — published 1928 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint) 3.61 avg rating — 1,249 ratings — published -700 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hesiod and Theognis by Hesiod, Theognis, Dorothea Wender (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 548 ratings — published -800 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hesiod / Homeric Hymns / Epic Cycle / Homerica by Hesiod, Homer, Hugh G. Evelyn-White (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 285 ratings — published -500 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hesiod: Theogony / Works and Days / Testimonia by Hesiod, Glenn W. Most (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 185 ratings — published -700 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mitos clasificados 1 by Hesiod (Contributor), Sophocles (Contributor), Catullus (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 187 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shield of Heracles 3.35 avg rating — 158 ratings — published -700 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teogonía. Trabajos y días. Escudo. Certamen. 3.69 avg rating — 103 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.”
― Hesiod, Works and Days and Theogony

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“That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.”
― Hesiod

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“A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it”
― Hesiod, Works and Days

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